Catering Assistant

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Job Title:  Catering Assistant
Location:  Belmont Secondary School, Rawtenstall, BB4 6RX
Salary:      £13,000.90 per annum (£13.25 per hour)
Hours:      22 hours per week | Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only
Start :       December 2025
UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

All applications must be completed IN FULL.

Make a Real Difference Every Day

At Belmont Secondary School, we’re passionate about changing lives. Our pupils have Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, and every day brings the opportunity to help them build confidence, develop resilience, and discover their potential.

This is a chance to join a dedicated and caring team where every small success matters, and where your support can make a lasting, life-changing difference.

About the Role

This is much more than a kitchen role — it’s about contributing to pupils’ wellbeing and enjoyment of school life. You’ll support the Kitchen Manager in preparing and serving nutritious meals, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, and ensuring all dietary requirements are met.

You’ll also play a vital role in lunchtime supervision, helping create a safe, friendly, and welcoming dining environment. Your contribution ensures mealtimes run smoothly and enjoyably at both our Primary and Secondary schools, helping pupils feel supported, included, and happy.

Every day, you’ll see the difference you make — from encouraging healthy eating habits to fostering a positive, nurturing environment that pupils rely on.

Who We’re Looking For

• Relevant catering or hospitality qualifications, such as City & Guilds or NVQ
• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate
• Confidence and fluency in spoken English
• Friendly, reliable, and enthusiastic about working with children
• A team player who follows health and safety procedures and enjoys being part of a supportive school community

About the School

Belmont Secondary is an independent, specialist day school for boys 11 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs. Our dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

This opportunity is within commutable distance of Rawtenstall, Bury, Burnley and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can offer plenty of challenges along with a wide range of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in creating and delivering innovative approaches that achieve measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?​

We place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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